Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 7.4.2.28
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7.4.2.28
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- Sanskrit
7.4.2.28
viśvasmai prāṇāyāpānāya | vyānāyeti prāṇo vai viśvajyotiḥ sarvasmā u etasmai prāṇo viśvaṃ jyotiryaceti sarvaṃ jyotiryacetyetadagniṣṭe 'dhipatirityagnimevāsyā adhipatiṃ karoti sādayitvā sūdadohasādhivadati tasyokto bandhuḥ
'For all breathing, out-breathing, through-breathing,'--the all-light (brick) is breath, and breath is (necessary) for this entire universe;--'give all the light!' that is, 'give the whole light;'--'Agni is thine over-lord,' he thus makes Agni the over-lord of this earth. Having 'settled' it, he pronounces the Sûdadohas upon it: the significance of this has been explained.
Translations (1)
- The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English
Commentaries (1)
- Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Citikāṇḍa — Sanskrit